Ignition of bluff-body methane flames

Ahmed, Samer F. ; Marchione, Teresa ; Balachandran, R. ; Mastorakos, Epaminondas ; Triantafyllidis, A. (2009-05-21)

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The movies show the ignition process following a spark in a bluff-body stabilised methane non-premixed flame. The flow is described in: S.F. Ahmed, R. Balachandran, T. Marchione, E. Mastorakos, Spark ignition of turbulent nonpremixed bluff-body flames, Combustion and Flame 151 (2007) 366–385 doi:10.1016/j.combustflame.2007.06.012. The Large Eddy Simulation movie is due to A. Triantafyllidis; the paper will appear in Combustion and Flame (2009).

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